Press Releases

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Dec 24, 2019

Comment on Federal Court Decision in Parents’ Disability Rights Case

The federal district court in Connecticut has dismissed a disability discrimination case brought by two parents whose children were removed from their care by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.
Issue Areas: Disability Rights
Dec 20, 2019

Statement Regarding State’s Attorney Gail Hardy’s Release of Four Reports in Unresolved Police Violence Cases

Hartford Judicial District State’s Attorney Gail Hardy today released reports in four unresolved cases of killings by police. David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut, had the following reaction.
Issue Areas: Policing
Nov 27, 2019

Statement Regarding Chief State’s Attorney’s Report on State’s Attorney Gail Hardy’s Docket of Unresolved Police Violence Cases

Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Kane today released a report about Hartford Judicial District State’s Attorney Gail Hardy’s docket of unresolved cases of killings by police. David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut, had the following reaction to Kane’s memo.
Nov 21, 2019

Statement Regarding Curfew for Youth at the Brass Mill Center and Shoppes at Buckland Hills

The Brass Mill Center in Waterbury and Shoppes at Buckland Hills in Manchester have announced plans to create a mandatory curfew for youth, including a chaperone and ID requirement, during certain times in November and December 2019. The following is a reaction from David McGuire.
Issue Areas: Youth and Student Rights
Nov 19, 2019

Reaction to Hamden Acting Police Chief Recommending Termination of Hamden Police Employee Devin Eaton

The following is a reaction from David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut.
Issue Areas: Policing
Oct 31, 2019

Reaction to ICE Attempt to Seize Man at Derby Courthouse

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents today entered the Derby, Connecticut courthouse in an attempt to seize Domar Shearer, an Ansonia man, for deportation. The following is a reaction from David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Oct 31, 2019

Statement Regarding Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Kane Delaying Retirement by 30 Days to Complete Report on State’s Attorney Gail Hardy’s Docket of Unresolved Police Violence Cases

Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Kane has postponed his retirement by 30 days, upon a request from the Criminal Justice Commission to complete a report about Hartford Judicial District State’s Attorney Gail Hardy’s docket of unresolved cases of killings by police.
Issue Areas: Policing
Oct 23, 2019

NAACP Stamford Branch, Connecticut NAACP State Conference, and ACLU of Connecticut Statement Regarding the Death of a Man in Stamford

A young man died last night after being chased and arrested by Stamford police. The following is a statement from the NAACP Stamford Branch, Connecticut NAACP State Conference, and ACLU of Connecticut.
Oct 23, 2019

Statement Regarding Racism on UConn Storrs Campus

The following is a reaction from David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut, to racist incidents at the University of Connecticut flagship campus, and to the arrest of two students who yelled racist slurs.